Without it I'd surely have lost my engine. I've been chasing down a lean code and a significant amount of knock on my setup for 3 months now. I never had any time to really look at it because of my business, wedding, honeymoon, house and subsequent move.
Well I'm settled in the house now, drove the car and I get a MAF code for low voltage. So I pop the MAF off and this is what I find:
That's the plunger/ platter from my blow-off valve. This has been rattling around in my intake for who knows how long. Thank goodness for the MAF screen!
It looks like this came loose, the turbo began to over-spool and then started introducing oil into the intake which coated the MAF. I cleaned the MAF, put the platter back on and took it out for a ride. Problem solved. Knocked it back up to 16lbs and went WOT for the first time in 3 months. I missed it. Just in time for winter!
Well I'm settled in the house now, drove the car and I get a MAF code for low voltage. So I pop the MAF off and this is what I find:
That's the plunger/ platter from my blow-off valve. This has been rattling around in my intake for who knows how long. Thank goodness for the MAF screen!
It looks like this came loose, the turbo began to over-spool and then started introducing oil into the intake which coated the MAF. I cleaned the MAF, put the platter back on and took it out for a ride. Problem solved. Knocked it back up to 16lbs and went WOT for the first time in 3 months. I missed it. Just in time for winter!